Special Collection: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

        We delved into the Storyworks archives to bring you delightful and inspiring stories that feature Hispanic characters, authors, and real-life role models.

 

 

El Magnífico

How a teen from Puerto Rico changed baseball—and America—forever 

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Lesson Plan
A step-by-step guide to teaching this play
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Beyond the Story
Students meet the baseball legend
Compare and Contrast
Help students compare the two texts
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Adored . . . and in Danger

Axolotls are disappearing from the wild. Can these cutecreatures be brought back from the edge?

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Lesson Plan
A step-by-step guide to teaching this play
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Vocabulary
Students learn words related to justice
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Setting
Help students analyze the text features of the story
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A Recipe for Disaster

A graphic story written by Jerry Craft, inspired by our 2019 Create-a-Character contest winner

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Lesson Plan
A step-by-step guide to teaching this story
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Visual Inference
Use clues from the words and pictures to make inferences
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Plot
Identify the plot parts of the story
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My Tongue Is Like a Map

A lyrical poem celebrates the beauty of speaking
two languages.

Read the Poem
Lesson Plan
A step-by-step guide to teaching this poem
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Poetry Kit
Understand the poem's meaning
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A Message from Space

Naya doesn’t think she’ll ever be as special as her mom—until she gets an out-of-this-world surprise

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Lesson Plan
A step-by-step guide to teaching this story
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How a Character Changes
Identify how Naya changes from the beginning of the story to the end
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Choice Board
Choose one or more activities to complete
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Image Credits: El Magnífico: Photo Illustration by Matt Herring; Courtesy of The Clemente Museum (Roberto Clemente); iStockPhoto/Getty Images (All Other Images); The Fight For What's Right: Courtesy of the Mendez Family; The Girl With the River in Her Hair: Rafael Lopez; Recipe for Disaster: ILLUSTRATIONS BY JERRY CRAFT; A Message from Space: Art by Mora Vieytes, SHUTTERSTOCK.COM (BACKGROUND); Ode to My Shoes: Art by Susan Swan; My Tongue Is Like a Map: © John Parra